Thalia Blankson was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the summer of 2021. This is awarded by the Center for South Asia, for the study of Urdu. Congratulations Thalia!
Dr. Anita Weiss will be participating in University of Oregon Webinar on Monday, May 3rd at 4:00PM (PST) to discuss her recently published book, "Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices." Find more information here
Dr. SherAli Tareen participated in an online symposium on his book "Defending Muhammad in Modernity" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) that was hosted by the Contending Modernities forum at the University of Notre Dame. The event featured essays by Jonathan Brown, Faisal Devji, Zunaira Komal, Waris Mazhari, Ammar Nasir, and Sohaira Siddiqui, and one from Dr. Tareen which can be read here.
Professors Fran Smulcheski and Habbat Kibzai were awarded a travel grant from the State University of New York to conduct research in Pakistan for their collaborative project "Silent Voices Echo: Children at work". Their project researches and photographically documents, artistically, economically, and socially the complexities of child labor in Pakistan especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic.
